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wapiti (iou)



wapiti noun. E19.
[Shawnee wa:piti lit. 'white rump'.]
A large deer, Cervus canadensis, which resembles a large red deer and is sometimes considered to be a race of it, and which is native to western N. America. Also (N. Amer.) called elk.